WhatIndustryWants

About The Event

ABOUT TALENTSPRINT

TalentSprint is India’s leading Youth Career Accelerator. Its digitally intelligent platform empowers every young person to pursue an exciting career of their choice. Funded by Nexus Venture Partners and the National Skill Development Corporation, TalentSprint aims to empower ONE MILLION young job seekers to pursue careers in Information Technology, Banking and Financial Services, and Education.

TalentSprint has enabled 100,000+ Youth find their career with 400+ employers since inception.The skill acceleration platform delivers technology-enabled experiential learning through a mix of cloud, class room and colleges.

 
#WIW is a joint initiative of TalentSprint and The Hindu to bridge the gap between the Industry and soon-to-be professionals. This monthly event provides the necessary exposure for fresh graduates on what career opportunity lies ahead for them in the IT Industry.

The format of the event is that the Industry captains address fresh graduates on what the industry expects from their new recruits, how the industry is changing and what are the new trends emerging. Further, they will also cover upcoming career opportunities, both with Indian and Global perspective.

The distinguished speakers at this event not only have outstanding industry perspective, but also understand the ground realities in Indian colleges and universities. #WIW is being done for the benefit of the graduates and it is a free event. However, one is required to register in advance as the seats are limited. Only expectation from the registrant for this event is to attend the event on time and get the most value through the interaction with the industry stalwarts.
 

Speaker Details: 

Mr. T N Hari, HR Head, BigBasket.

TN Hari, the HR Head at BigBasket, is also an advisor and mentor to numerous young entrepreneurs and startups. He is also a Strategic Advisor at Fundamentum, founded by Nandan Nilekani and Sanjeev Aggarwal, which is one-of-its-kind scale up platform committed to building enduring technology companies out of India. The founders also have a stellar record in entrepreneurship and investing.

Hari has studied at IIT & IIM, and has worked at an executive level with multiple start-ups/scale-ups. His passion is building organizations of scale through clear thinking and relentless execution. He has also authored two books. The recent one, published by Penguin, is titled “Cut the Crap and Jargon – Lessons from the Startup Trenches”.

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